| ROLEPLAYING | Therapy technique ... and a hint to what's hidden in 17-, 24-, 34- and 45-Across? |
| CHRISTMAS | With 63-Across, extra holiday pay ... or what's in 17-, 22-, 34- and 45-Across? |
| INSIDESCOOP | Behind-the-scenes exclusive, or a description of the letters *between* the circles in 17-, 25-, 34-, and 45-Across |
| FINALFOUR | Round after the Elite Eight, and what the ends of 16-, 29-, 34-, and 45-Across are? |
| JUMPSCARE | Scream-evoking horror film technique ... and a hint to what's hiding in five puzzle rows |
| GENEEDITING | Molecular manipulation technique ... and a hint to the starts of the three other longest puzzle answers |
| HOSPITALCORNERS | Institutional bed-making technique, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| PLOTTWIST | Novel surprise ... and a hint to what's hidden in 17-, 21-, |
| THEJETSONS | TV series that first aired 9/23/1962 whose family shares first names with 17-, 24-, 34- and 49-Acros |
| INVISIBLEINK | Secret message technique ... and a hint to four puzzle clues |
| POWERHITTER | One batting cleanup who gets a lot of the stat hidden in 17-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across |
| LOTRTRILOGY | Initialism for a Tolkien series, and what can be found in 17-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across |
| AUTOCORRECT | Smartphone texting feature, which usually detects and fixes the thing hidden in 17-, 24- and 47-Acro |
| TEARAPART | Rip to pieces, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| RADIOEDIT | Shortened version of a pop song ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| WINEPAIRING | Sommelier's suggestion for a meal ... or each word in 17-, 24-, 34- and 47-Across? |
| CLOSINGARGUMENT | Court wrap-up ... and what's hidden in 17-, 29- and |
| SEEDCAPITAL | Startup funds ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| TUMBLEWEEDS | Drifters in some Western scenes and a hint to what's hidden in the three other longest puzzle answers |
| ANTEUP | Poker request, and a literal hint to what's hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
